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Bezig met laden... Rachel Carson: Witness for Naturedoor Linda Lear
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.   ) Marietje.Halbertsma | Jan 9, 2022 |   ) Chickenman | Sep 10, 2018 | I was fascinated by much of the material. I wish, however, that Lear had been willing to talk more frankly about Carson's obvious lesbianism. She kept a polite veneer over Carson's relationships and didn't draw obvious conclusions. Carson's overly possessive mother, who died in her 80s just a few years before her daughter and lived with her for decades, appears as the secret villain here, leaching much of Carson's energy and coming between her relationships with other women. I would also have liked an update on what happened to Carson's great-nephew and ward, Roger Christie, since he was left orphaned after Carson's death and adopted by her publisher at Houghton Mifflin, Paul Brooks. So much of the book talks about Rachel's exhaustion at raising Roger, who was apparently a difficult, impulsive child. It would be a relief to know that he had gone on to have a decent life. ( ) GabriellaWest | Dec 16, 2009 |  ) birdsetcetera | Dec 1, 2009 | ) eduscapes | Nov 26, 2006 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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By drawing on previously unavailable sources and on interviews with those who knew her, Linda Lear gives a compelling portrait of this heroic woman, illuminating the origin of her connection with nature and of her determination to save what she loved. Lear reveals the unexpected influence of Carson's early experience with industrial pollution and examines her life-changing encounter with the possibility of global extinction in the frightening days of the early Cold War. The book follows Carson's efforts to become a marine biologist at a time when women were unwelcome in the academic community. It shows how her connections with nature were confirmed and strengthened through her work as a government scientist and editor, where her views about the potential dangers of synthetic chemical pesticides evolved. By the late 1950s, Carson had transformed colorless government research into three brilliant, popular books about the sea, including The Sea Around Us, and had become the most respected science writer in America. Rachel Carson challenged the culture of her time and, in the process, shaped a powerful social movement that altered the course of American history. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)570.92Natural sciences and mathematics Life Sciences, Biology Life Sciences History, geographic treatment, biography BiologistsLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (4.17)
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